[Speed Gibson,
Monday July 18, 2005 at 10:49pm]
Next Big Thing - Week 20
I'm feeling rather bad that I couldn't get to a radio as planned today to hear the start of today's installment of KSTP AM 1500's "The Next Big Thing" from 2-4 pm on Sundays. When I know I'll be away, I use my "Replay Radio" software to record it, but I didn't anticipate a problem. So I am starting at 2:40 pm this afternoon.
I had a tip that David Strom would be on today, so I'm feeling doubly bad. Well, I joined the Phil Krinke interview in progress, and can judge what might have been said before that based on the Taxpayers League Live program yesterday. What I heard was very good, but how could it sound bad to me, hearing two of my personal heroes together?
Yes, David is a professional, going into my pass/fail column instead of the usual A-F grading. But his wife and aide-de-camp Margaret Martin will get full letter grading.
My faithful readers know that I am not generally a fan of "team coverage" in talk radio. But I will make an exception today for two reasons. One, I think David is at his best with someone else in the booth. I say this largely based on TPL on 1280, of course. And two, who wouldn't be better if that someone else else is the lovely and talented Margaret Martin. Those of us who have met her know that David married well above his station! I'm reminded of Ian & Marjorie on FM 107.1, who also work well together.
The second hour was spent on the uptick in Minneapolis crime, something that David and Margaret know only too well as North Minneapolis residents. They and their guest Mark Stenglein, also a Minneapolis resident and candidate for Mayor discussed the situation quite well.
David gets a solid P (pass), Margaret an A. Katherine Lampher would do well to study Margaret's example.
I had a tip that David Strom would be on today, so I'm feeling doubly bad. Well, I joined the Phil Krinke interview in progress, and can judge what might have been said before that based on the Taxpayers League Live program yesterday. What I heard was very good, but how could it sound bad to me, hearing two of my personal heroes together?
Yes, David is a professional, going into my pass/fail column instead of the usual A-F grading. But his wife and aide-de-camp Margaret Martin will get full letter grading.
My faithful readers know that I am not generally a fan of "team coverage" in talk radio. But I will make an exception today for two reasons. One, I think David is at his best with someone else in the booth. I say this largely based on TPL on 1280, of course. And two, who wouldn't be better if that someone else else is the lovely and talented Margaret Martin. Those of us who have met her know that David married well above his station! I'm reminded of Ian & Marjorie on FM 107.1, who also work well together.
The second hour was spent on the uptick in Minneapolis crime, something that David and Margaret know only too well as North Minneapolis residents. They and their guest Mark Stenglein, also a Minneapolis resident and candidate for Mayor discussed the situation quite well.
David gets a solid P (pass), Margaret an A. Katherine Lampher would do well to study Margaret's example.
Yes, but David can only be married to one of them at a time.